Citations:Cumberbabe

English citations of Cumberbabe

Noun: "(slang) a female fan of actor Benedict Cumberbatch"

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• 2012, Beverley Watts, "Calling all Cumberbitches! Is it Benedict Cumberbatch who's irresistible or is it Sherlock?", Now, 29 March 2012:

  So is the fantasy to put warmth and cuddly love into this weird detective's life - or is Benedict such a Cumberbabe magnet because he's just a brilliant actor and easy on the eye?

• 2012, Tom Cole, "Benedict Cumberbatch 'force-fed' himself doughnuts for Parade's End role", Radio Times, 24 August 2012:

  The web’s legions of Cumberbabes (at least I think that’s the collective term they favour) are bound to be a bit miffed with long-dead author Ford Maddox Ford at the moment, because it’s due to the late novelist that their idol’s been fattening himself up.

• 2013, Tom Cole, "Benedict Cumberbatch's Star Trek costumes are so tight 'you can almost see what religion I am'", Radio Times, 8 March 2013:

  Cumberbabes: brace yourselves. Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that some of his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes are so tight that, in his words, “you can almost see what religion I am.”

• 2013, Liz Ferguson, "Twenty years of Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock! What do you think, Cumberbabes?", The Gazette (Montreal), 13 March 2013 (only used in title)
• 2013, Chandreyee Chatterjee, "A Trekkie-cum-Cumberbabe travels deep Into Darkness", The Telegraph (Calcutta), 11 May 2013:

  This Cumberbabe — we are no longer Cumberbitches because HE does not want it that way — couldn’t get enough of the man and is surely going to go back Into Darkness very soon — this time only for HIM, and dream of someday seeing him in that body-hugging jersey and pants in IMAX.

• 2013, Brian Truitt, "Sunday Geekersation: The year of the Cumberbatch", USA Today, 8 December 2013:

  British actor Benedict Cumberbatch raised his status from cult star of TV's Sherlock to a favorite for a massive amount of new Cumberbabes and Cumberbros in a string of big-screen fare, especially as bad guys.

• 2014, Samantha Grossman, "BBC Once Said Benedict Cumberbatch Wasn’t Sexy Enough for TV", Time, 27 May 2014:

  Gather ’round, Cumberbabes (and Cumberbros — you guys exist, right?) […]

• 2014, Katie Baillie, "Cumberbabes book your flights – Benedict Cumberbatch is heading to Comic Con 2014", Metro (UK), 11 July 2014:

  He’ll be there on July 24th, so get booking those tickets Cumberbabes.

• 2014, Brian Truitt, "More Shakespeare than Strange for Cumberbatch", USA Today, 25 July 2014:

  Cumberbros and Cumberbabes of all sorts would love to see their man Benedict Cumberbatch as the title magical superhero of Marvel Studios' upcoming Doctor Strange movie.